Mayan Riviera

The old man and the sea, Don Manuel Gozalez can be found every morning on the Tulum beach watching the sunrise and reflecting on his story that started in Campeche and brought him to Tulum over 30 years ago. He has watched the city change, grow and become the popular beach town that it is today. Has Tulum changed? Sure, but the areas that make Tulum the beautiful destination it…

Navigating Tulum for the new visitor can be a bit tough. Knowing the best transportation options on your first visit even tougher. What is the best transportation option for your Tulum vacation? What are the transportation options in Tulum? Knowing your options first is the best way to make the decision and knowing where you Tulum hotel is the second way to help make this decision. The final criteria is…

Most days we need to drive down the Tulum beach road, to get supplies, see a friend, do some chores. This has become a ‘normal’ thing to do and we forget that for visitors and guests the Tulum beach road and all that it is, is a forever memory of their vacation. Today, we took another look at our daily ritual, and the Tulum beach road is a rocking place….

This is what makes Tulum so special on a daily basis. The undisturbed beach at the end of the beach road brings magical moments to us and our guests that rarely get captured on film let alone video. This video was provided to us from a guest and it is the most incredible video of a mother turtle laying her eggs in broad daylight!! Magical, normally unheard of and we…

Tulum is a great beach town in the Mayan Riviera that can be a bit difficult to understand for the first time visitor. Many visitors think that Tulum is just the Tulum Ruins, and that is the extent of this pretty and precious little town. For visitors that stay at small hotels in Tulum, they hear references to the Tulum ruins, Tulum town and Tulum beach. Huh? Tulum is Tulum…

We live in the land of the Maya and have taken away more from this community in the last few years than any other experience we have had through out out life. Our learning has been on hands, through interaction and observation. With the unfortunate destruction of ancient Mayan texts, this is the best way to understand the culture of the Mayans. What have we learned from our experiences in…

I have known this for years, amber stops babies from teething.In fact amber helps healing for any age, but my focus has been on all the babies that have been popping up all over the planet! There is a local amber store that has supplied me with amber necklaces for young babies for years, cuz it works. When a friend, a guest or a sister has a new baby, off…

Everyone needs protection from the sun but how you choose to protect yourself could be creating more harm to you and the environment. It would be great to give everyone a shopping list at to where to find and buy the right sunscreen but with our international guest list that is a bit tough. What we can do is let you know what you are looking for in a natural…

Cochinita pibili is a popular recipe within the Mayan culture and becoming more popular internationally. IF you live north of the border, Cochinta Pibil is called Pulled Pork, a popular dish that chefs are adapting and using in their dinner menus. What many diners don’t know is that pulled pork is from the Mayan culture! Impress your guests with the traditional Mayan recipe that is easy to make! The cool…

People say it takes a while to find us. They search and search for the perfect vacation destination and then the perfect lodgings that match their need for a break, their belief system, their vacation needs and somewhere that they connect to before they arrive. Sorry it took you so long to find us, but we are glad you landed here. If you want a sustainable vacation that has a…